Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal

Atlas Copco’s cutting-edge automation technology is gaining traction in the mining industry. Introduced in 1998, the company’s Rig Control System (RCS) was slow to gain acceptance. Drillers were uncomfortable with it, and mining companies took the more conservative approach of sticking with proven technology.

Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal
September 2008

 It’s hardly surprising that one of the largest geomechanics consulting groups in the world is based in Sudbury.

Itasca Consulting Canada Inc.’s team of geomechanics engineers worked on assignments in Asia, Africa, South America, Australia and Europe last year, but 50 per cent of its assignments were either right on their doorstep or within a radius of a few hundred kilometers.

BY NORM TOLLINSKY

Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal

Rock musicians and motorcyclists wear them and so do wives of inveterate snorers. Now, the db Blocker, a custom fitted ear insert manufactured by Custom Protect Ear Inc. of Surrey, British Columbia is also keeping the noise levels down in mines in Northern Ontario.

Mike Castron, Technical Sales Manager of Cast Resource Equipment Limited is pleased to announce the delivery of just over 100 New Generation Cattron Radio remotes to Nickel producer Vale Inco in Sudbury Ontario. “We are pleased to continue our long standing relationship with Vale Inco. The development of this product  has been in the works for over two years. The end result will give operators a more efficient and an even  safer product.” Delivery of the product began in March 2008 and should wind up before the end of the year.